Obituaries

Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas

Bonnie Lavonne Dickens

Bonnie Lavonne Dickens

Dec 29, 2009

Bonnie Lavonne Dickens, 85, a longtime resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at her daughter"s home in Kissimmee, Florida. She was born January 14, 1924 in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Louis and Virginia (Whited) Pope. She was a homemaker. In 1941 in Thayer, Kansas, she married George Dickens. He preceded her in death November...

Delores Jane Edens

Delores Jane Edens

Dec 26, 2009

Delores Jane Edens, 64, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died unexpectedly on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born April 2, 1945 in Morrillton, Arkansas, the daughter of Horace Darr and Emage Irene (Scroggins) Luster. Delores spent her childhood years in Morrillton and was graduated from Morrillton High School. On August 25, 1963, in Springfield,...

Della Lorita Decker

Della Lorita Decker

Dec 21, 2009

Della Lorita Decker, 86, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, December 21, 2009 at Moundridge Manor in Moundridge, Kansas. She was born May 30, 1923 in Montezuma, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Katherine (Koop) Schultz. She was a homemaker. On December 30, 1951 in Fredonia, Kansas, she married Archie Lee Decker. He preceded her in death March...

John Weldon Mcbride

John Weldon Mcbride

Dec 7, 2009

John Weldon McBride, 75, a lifelong resident of Fredonia and New Albany area, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at his home in Fredonia. He was born January 13, 1934 in New Albany, the son of Weldon Lee and Mary (McCray) McBride. John was a graduate of Fredonia High School. He served as a sergeant in the United States Army 1952-1955,...

Mary Claudine Carlin

Mary Claudine Carlin

Dec 7, 2009

Mary Claudine Carlin, 83, a former resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at Texoma Specialty Care in Denison, Texas. She had moved to Denison in September of 2007 to be near her son. Mary is survived by two sons, Timmy A. Carlin and daughter in law, Patricia of Sherman, Texas and Danny Lee Carlin of Wichita, three...

Helen May Stebbins

Helen May Stebbins

Dec 3, 2009

Helen May Stebbins, 96, a resident of Lawrenceville, Georgia, formerly of Fredonia, died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Delmar Gardens in Lawrenceville. She was born October 27, 1913 in Fredonia, the daughter of Jacob I. and May I. (Myers) Sell. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School and attended Fredonia Business College. Helen was a homemaker. On May 14,...

Lila "Marie" Pryor

Lila "Marie" Pryor

Dec 2, 2009

Marie Pryor, 90, a resident of El Cerrito, CA will be laid to rest in Fredonia on Saturday, December 19, next to her beloved husband, Arthur W. Pryor, son of the late Will and Alice Pryor of Fredonia. Marie will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother, talented homemaker, and avid traveler. She passed away December 2, 2009,...

Nola L. Weston

Nola L. Weston

Dec 2, 2009

Nola L. Weston, 57, a longtime resident of the Buffalo, Kansas, area, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt, Kansas. She was born October 10, 1952 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Eloyce (Bishop) Weston. Nola was a 1971 graduate of Altoona Midway High School and a 1975 graduate of Mercy School of Nursing...

Lavon Gibson

Lavon Gibson

Nov 30, 2009

Lavon Gibson, 94, a lifelong resident of the Altoona, Kansas, area, died Monday, November 30, 2009 at her rural home. She was born July 6, 1915 near Thayer, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Hattie (Moraign) Stiles. When Lavon was 2" years old, her mother died. At the age of 3, she was adopted and raised by her uncle and...

Georgia Etta Houghton

Georgia Etta Houghton

Nov 24, 2009

Georgia Etta Houghton, 89, a longtime resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Golden Living Center in Fredonia, Kansas. She was born June 16, 1920 in Freedom, Oklahoma, Haskew Community, the daughter of Earl and Etta (Worley) Bishop. On October 23, 1941, in Woodward, Oklahoma, she married George A. Houghton. He preceded her in death February 2,...

Grant E. Monical

Grant E. Monical

Nov 24, 2009

Grant E. Monical, 87, passed away Tuesday, November 24, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He was born July 7, 1922, to Warner and Mary (Cox) Monical. Grant was a graduate of Fredonia High School. He served in World War II and was an honored veteran of the Korean War. Grant married Billie Nichols...

Adam John Stock

Adam John Stock

Nov 23, 2009

Adam John Stock, 94, a lifelong resident of the Coyville and Toronto, Kansas area, died Monday, November 23, 2009 at the Specialty Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born September 22, 1915, east of Toronto, the son of Adam and Mary (Liebau) Stock. Adam was a graduate of Toronto High School. Adam served his country from 1942 to 1945 as...

Alice Faye (Fitzmorris) Walsh

Alice Faye (Fitzmorris) Walsh

Nov 22, 2009

Alice Faye (Fitzmorris) Walsh passed peacefully at home on Sunday, November 22, 2009 with her family near her. Alice was born December 2, 1921 in Fredonia, Kansas. She attended Tenpenny School, a one-room school house, through the eighth grade. She graduated from Fredonia High School, then business Prep School in Wichita, Kansas. Later she was employed as a TWA Hostess...

Robert Leland Green

Robert Leland Green

Nov 21, 2009

Robert Leland Green (Bob), 74, died Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 at home in Mt Vernon IN from complications of long standing pulmonary disease. He was born Jun 30, 1935 in Fredonia KS. His parents, Charles and Geneva (Manning) Green, and grandparents Thomas and Agnes (Evans) Green; and William and Alpha Mae (Hardcastle) Manning, preceded him in death. Bob was baptized...

Ruth Viola Darling

Ruth Viola Darling

Nov 21, 2009

Ruth Viola Darling, 95, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Salina, Kansas, died Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born November 24, 1913 in Bern, Kansas, the daughter of George Washington and Sadie (Sanders) Rogers. Ruth was a homemaker and also spent several years as a cook at St. Margaret"s Mercy Hospital...

Carl W. Scott

Carl W. Scott

Nov 17, 2009

Carl William Scott, Jr., 64, a lifelong resident of the Fredonia, Fall River and Howard area, died Monday, November 16, 2009, at his home in Fredonia. He was born February 20, 1945 in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Carl W. and Mary (Shipman) Scott, Sr. Carl served in the United States Army 1965-1967, during the Vietnam War, achieving the rank...

John A. Ong

John A. Ong

Nov 5, 2009

John Alan Ong, 85, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died at his home on Thursday evening, November 5, 2009. He was born October 3, 1924 in Madison, Kansas, the son of William and Marguerite (Kennedy) Ong. He was a graduate of Fredonia High School. John served as a sergeant in the United States Army in the 24th Division, 19th...

Johnnie Gray

Johnnie Gray

Nov 4, 2009

Johnnie Gray, 81, a longtime resident of Coyville, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas. She was born May 5, 1928 in Idabel, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alfred and Myrtle (Phillips) Gurley. She was a homemaker and worked part-time for the Coyville Post Office. On November 12, 1965 in Spearman, Texas, she married...

Maxine Troutman

Maxine Troutman

Oct 9, 2009

Maxine Troutman, 75, a longtime resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Friday, October 9, 2009 at Windsor Place in Independence, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1933 in Neodesha, Kansas, the daughter of Roger and Frances (Porter) Dannels. She was a graduate of Neodesha High School. On December 31, 1952 at the First Baptist Church in Neodesha, she married Jack Troutman....

Helen Lorraine Wadel

Helen Lorraine Wadel

Oct 5, 2009

Helen Lorraine Wadel, 80, a longtime resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, October 5, 2009 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas. She was born May 18, 1929 in Montezuma, Kansas, the daughter of Jesse and Minnie (Ratzlaff) Jantz. She was a homemaker. On January 18, 1953 in Fredonia, Kansas, she married Dennis Wadel. He survives at their home....

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